Broadcasting Life's Most Intimate Moments

Social utility technology is becoming more used in important life events like marriage proposals. Surprisingly, its the men who want to record the event, finding it sentimental and romantic, and it's the women who are in disagreement. With tools like MySpace, Facebook and YouTube, couples are making their personal life events public. The NY Times called it, "photojournalistic realism."

By continually recording life's events, our society could become less genuine -- in a sense, we're always acting when the cameras are rolling. He isn't proposing a life of love and commitment to the woman he loves, he is putting on a show for others. Our memories will become less reliable because we are less in the moment. Instead of focusing on that intimate moment, the focus shifts to how we may look or sound and what others will perceive of it later.